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Iowa State Engineer Develops Technology To Quickly Find Leaks In Spacecraft
Ames IO (SPX) Oct 04, 2007Tiny meteors flash through space. There's spacecraft debris flying around, too. And so there's a risk that objects just a few millimeters across could pierce the thin aluminum skin of spacecraft such as the International Space Station orbiting 220 miles above Earth. A tiny hole means a tiny leak of pressurized air. "NASA wants to be able to find these leaks," said Dale Chimenti, an Iowa State Un ... more Titan's Icy Climate Mimics Earth's Tropics 
Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 04, 2007If space travelers ever visit Saturn's largest moon, they will find a tropical world where temperatures plunge to minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, methane rains from the sky and dunes of ice or tar cover the planet's most arid regions. These conditions reflect a cold mirror image of Earth's tropical climate, according to scientists at the University of Chicago. "You have all these things that are a ... more First Test: Main Parachute For Ares I Rocket 
Yuma AZ (SPX) Oct 04, 2007NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the first drop test of the main parachute that will help recover the first stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. Ares I will carry the NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle to space. The test, conducted on September 25 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz., is part of an ongoing series of tests to support the design and deve ... more Russian Silkworms Spin First Space Silk In History 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007Silkworms on board the recent Russian Foton-M bio-satellite flight span the first space silk in history, a Moscow school teacher revealed Tuesday. As part of the satellite's scientific program, Moscow school students, led by biology teacher Alexander Koloskov, carried out an experiment to study how weightlessness influences the life cycle of silkworms. Experiments on board the satellite also rev ... more New York taxi cabs sound the horn for second strike 
New York (AFP) Oct 3, 2007New York taxi drivers signalled Wednesday they will go on strike for the second time this year to protest new GPS systems in their cabs and plans to allow credit card payments. "On October 22 we are going out again on strike for 24 hours," said Bhairavi Desai, leader of the Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents about 8,000 of the city's 44,000 professional drivers. Drivers would also b ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007A state-of-the-art radar being built near Armavir, in southern Russia, will be on combat duty in late 2007, Colonel-General Vladimir Popovkin, the commander of the Russian Space Forces said Wednesday. In an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda - Red Star, a Russian military newspaper - Popovkin said the radar located near the town of Armavir, in the Krasnodar Territory would start combat duty in late ... more Bush ties North Korea, Iran nuclear crises 
Lancaster, Pennsylvania (AFP) Oct 3, 2007US President George W. Bush on Wednesday tied his North Korea strategy to the Iran nuclear dispute, saying he might hold direct talks with Tehran if it first froze sensitive atomic work. Bush, who emphasized that "each case is different," told a questioner at an overwhelmingly friendly town hall-style gathering here that the White House would also have to be sure that such dialogue would pay ... more First Class Of Airmen Train For Wideband Global SATCOM 
Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Oct 04, 2007Five Airmen with the 3rd Space Operations Squadron here were the first to finish training recently for the Wideband Global SATCOM system, which is scheduled to launch Oct. 9. Wideband Global SATCOM, or WGS, is the successor to the Defense Satellite Communications System and will offer 12 times the currently available bandwidth per satellite. Airmen with 50th OSS began developing products for WGS ... more UAS Video Terminal Connects Boots On The Ground To Eyes In The Sky 
Redstone Arsenal Al (SPX) Oct 04, 2007The Army fielded its 200th One-System Remote Video Terminal to Iraq and Afghanistan last month. Soldiers using an OSRVT can display the sensor feed from any of the Army's Unmanned Aircraft Systems and gain an unprecedented, instantaneous common view of the battlefield. The OSRVT is a leap in capability from other UAS video receivers because it displays not only video, but also "metadata" that te ... more Australia To Join With United States In Defence Global Satellite Communications Capability 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 04, 2007The Australian Government will enter into a $927 million partnership with the United States to access a world-leading communications capability provided by the new Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) constellation. Under our partnership arrangement, Australia will fund one satellite plus associated ground infrastructure to extend the constellation to six satellites and the US will fun ... more |
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Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 04, 2007China is willing to share its capabilities in disaster forecasting with developing countries to improve their ability to handle natural disasters, a minister said on Monday. The recent tsunami that occurred in the Indian Sea has highlighted a need for cooperation in monitoring and forecasting earthquakes, floods, typhoons and other disasters that hit developing countries, Li Xueju, Minister of C ... more MEPs seek limits on aircraft emissions by 2010 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 2, 2007A EU parliamentary committee on Tuesday called for the European aviation sector to be included in its emissions trading market in 2010. The move brings forward a proposal by the European Commission that the CO2 emissions rules should be imposed on intra-EU flights from 2011 and for flights in and out of the bloc from 2012. "The introduction of a joint and early starting date is necessary ... more Lomonosov Ridge Could Bring Russia 5 Billion Tons Of Extra Fuel 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007Russia's natural resources minister said Monday the development of the Lomonosov underwater mountain chain in the Arctic could bring Russia up to 5 billion metric tons of equivalent fuel. "Reaching the Lomonosov ridge means for Russia potentially up to 5 billion tons of equivalent fuel," Yury Trutnev said during an online Internet conference. The Natural Resources Ministry said in Septembe ... more Analysis: Iraqi Kurds sign new oil deals 
Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2007 Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government made a sudden but not unexpected announcement Tuesday it had signed four more controversial oil deals. While the move highlights success in the region, it comes as the central government in Baghdad struggles to meet long-term agenda items like a national oil law. Iraq's government reacted to the news in the same vein it has to similar deals in the pa ... more New PowerSecure Subsidiary Helps Grocery Chains Reduce Energy Consumption 
Wake Forest NC (SPX) Oct 04, 2007PowerSecure International has launched a new subsidiary, EfficientLights, that will design and manufacture lighting solutions specifically aimed at substantially reducing the energy consumed in lighting grocery stores. According to Sidney Hinton, president and chief executive officer of PowerSecure, EfficientLights' leading product -- LEDs for freezer lighting -- offers a compelling alternative ... more
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